[DeTomaso] NORC Report: Past the Finish Line

[Bjoern Flesland]

Hi all,
The Vikings in car # 450 also made it to the finish line in the 6.9
without any problems.
Not sure about our timing yet...
We were in the 110 mph class which had about 20 entries.
Must say it's the smoothest NORC/SSCC event I've been thru so far, and
fantastic weather as usual.
Left finish pit at 12 noon when race was over.
Believe 1st grid car (Dennis) was on the course pretty much on time at 8AM.
There was one car that we passed that had a breakdown along the race
course, not sure who it was.
Our grid # was 70 (missed 69 by one number.... )
Back down in Vegas now, getting ready for the awards dinner.

Cheers,
Bjoern & Inger




On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Mike Thomas <mbefthomas at comcast.net> wrote:
> Thanks Asa, and congrats to Mad Dawg.
> Mike Thomas and the rest of us at Panteras Northwest
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of Asa Jay Laughton
> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 1:20 PM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] NORC Report: Past the Finish Line
>
> Just got a phone call from Dennis (Mad Dog) Antenucci.
>
> First in his class to leave the starting line, and First in his class to
> cross the Finish line.  When nobody passes you... it's been a good day.
> :)  Dennis reports he was followed by Steve Waldman, one new Corvette
> ZR1 and a squadron of Z06's but nobody could catch him.  He was entered in
> the 150 class and figured he may have averaged just under that as the road
> is going through some improvements and most drivers were more cautions
> during this years NORC, more on that later.
>
> I'm told there were two cars, a Grand National and a Mustang both with high
> dollar race prepared engines, which failed to complete the race due to
> blowing up those nice race engines somewhere along the course.  No accidents
> to report and no other breakdowns at the moment.  Nice to know a nearly 40
> year old Pantera can still make it down the road in one piece.  Another
> shout out to Russ Fulps who once again provided a rock solid engine to get
> Mad Dog to the finish line.
>
> The Vikings put in a good show, I'm sure Dennis will tell you more about
> that later.
>
> The NDOT is repaving portions of Highway 318 and it should all be complete
> by the September running of the Silver State Classic Challenge.  For those
> who have been keeping track, most of the top professional drivers in the
> Unlimited division have said this race won't see a 200 MPH record again
> until they re-pave 318.  Sometimes wishes do come true.  This September may
> see a new record speed posted on the Silver State route.  Wouldn't it be
> nice if you were there?
>
> Dennis had a name to go with the other Pantera that showed up.  Clay Pool
> (not sure if the spelling is correct).  He owns a fairly stock Pantera (not
> much detail on this part) and it's for Sale.  He was slated to run the 100
> class but Dennis had left the finish line before any of the slower classes
> began showing up.  No word on if Clay ran or not, finished or not.
>
> More news as it becomes available.
>
> Asa Jay
>
> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> &  Shelley Marie
> Spokane, WA
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